Project 3400 Roller Cam Block (Page 10/82)
lou_dias JUL 10, 02:52 PM
No one around here would have been able to wire in the full 3400, so I hybrid'd it.
I am pleased with the performance right now. I will try to get it on a dyno in a month or so once I have a wheel bearing replaced.

After that, the next step is to move to a Trueleo intake or 7730 ECM...
lou_dias JUL 30, 08:34 AM
Still waiting on the bearing from Held Motorsports. I was told I need to pay $200 for it to be replaced after spending $1800 on all 4 new and having one fail at between 3000 and 4000 miles worth of use (and $6300 in total with the brakes and suspension...see the 6 speed build thread). Makes no sense to me...
lou_dias AUG 04, 08:17 AM
A phone call to Lee resulted in him telling me he never heard from me after his original email on July 14th. So he had done nothing so far as producing a new bearing.
First, I did email him immediately upon receiving the email where he told me he wanted $200 to replace the bearing...and I told him I didn't feel that was right. Perhaps it was conveniently ignored...
Second, he custom made these bearings for me...exactly how am I ever supposed to drive my car without one...? Why would I not want a new one? The logic in some people's heads I don't understand. It's not like I can easily convert back to stock on just one wheel... Unbelievable...so now I get to wait another 3 weeks...

If another bearing goes bad, I might as well see if a local machine shop can reproduce it. It seems like the turnaround would be much quicker... If this guy isn't going to warranty his products, why stick with him...?
Joseph Upson AUG 04, 08:36 AM
Post pictures of the problem if possible and don't bother waiting, check into options from your local machine shop now.
lou_dias AUG 04, 01:12 PM
He's had my bearing since the 13th/14th of this month... I just don't understand what decision he was waiting for to begin making a new one.
It's his custom bearing...on his custom suspension. His part that failed after 3K+ miles of use. Was I magically going to retro-fit one stock 5x100 wheel on the car and run the other 3 with the '99 Camaro SS wheels?
Incompetence... The kicker is he wants me to pay another $200...
lou_dias AUG 08, 11:35 AM
Oh, I would like to report that I've done the alternator conversion to the CS. Quite simple really...
lou_dias OCT 07, 11:15 AM
Taking the car for an oil change and alignment today. The transmission is quite noisy, I will also get it's fluid level checked...
lou_dias JAN 10, 02:49 PM
Took it to the dyno today finally. Who can post the scans?
Made 241 ft*lbs in 4th gear and 172RWHP @ 4200 rpm in 1st run.

In the second run I used 3rd gear and made 249 ft*lbs and 187rwhp @ 4200 rpm.

Seems my ignition is bad over 5000 rpm. A/F ratio is too rich with fuel...

This is a new record for using the Fiero intake. I did increase flow with my porting and shortening but I've done nothing about the neck. Time to save up for a Trueleo me thinks.

Correction factor was .975 and this dyno was calibrated to dynajet specs.
lou_dias JAN 10, 02:58 PM
4th gear


and

3rd gear
Darth Fiero JAN 10, 04:39 PM

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Originally posted by lou_dias:

Took it to the dyno today finally. Who can post the scans?
Made 241 ft*lbs in 4th gear and 172RWHP @ 4200 rpm in 1st run.

In the second run I used 3rd gear and made 249 ft*lbs and 187rwhp @ 4200 rpm.

Seems my ignition is bad over 5000 rpm. A/F ratio is too rich with fuel...

This is a new record for using the Fiero intake. I did increase flow with my porting and shortening but I've done nothing about the neck. Time to save up for a Trueleo me thinks.

Correction factor was .975 and this dyno was calibrated to dynajet specs.



Yup, AFR looks too rich to me as well. But if the ignition system was failing during these dyno runs, this could have thrown the AFR readings off as well. If this were my car, I would get the ignition system issue resolved first then retest the full throttle AFR and see what the result is. It will probably turn out to still be too rich, but *should not be as bad as it was on the dyno when the ignition system was failing. But overall dyno numbers don't look bad at all.

Let me know.

-ryan

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